The 250th anniversary of the Battle of Point Pleasant will be observed this weekend and next week with a series of events during the annual Battle Days commemoration at Point Pleasant’s Tu-Endie-Wei ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Colonial troops waved their lanterns in the chilly, dark October air 250 years ago, trecking their way across West Virginia to fight a long, drawn out and eventually famous battle.

Re-enactors fired a gun salute at the conclusion of the Memorial Ceremony commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Point Pleasant. (Photo by Toni Milbourne) POINT PLEASANT–Hundreds of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the spring of 1944, Fred Nungesser graduated from St. Michael’s High School in Union City. A little more than six months later ...

CHARLESTON — Two West Virginia Army National Guard vehicles accompanied state Arts, Culture and History Secretary Randall Reid-Smith from Lewisburg to Point Pleasant on Wednesday, retracing the ...

As our nation gets ready to celebrate its 250th birthday in 2026, it’s worth remembering that American Independence wasn’t achieved without a long series of antecedent events. Next month marks the ...

This month marks the 250th anniversary of the Battle at Point Pleasant between Shawnee warriors led by Chief Cornstalk and Colonial Militia led by Col. Andrew Lewis. It is the most important battle ...

Copies of reports of the Point Pleasant Battle Monument Commission to the West Virginia State Board of Control, 1927, and from acts of Congress, February 17, 1908, and the West Virginia State ...